Glad you alive and on the road to recovery. Hope your pain subsides and you get back to the range and scaring foreigners real soon dude!

September 11th, 2012, 09:49 PM

9mmspecial

Hey BugDude, like thedogfather said, follow up with the doc. My buddy's mom got bit by a recluse on her foot and to say the least, it was a bad experience. It had taken up residence in her shoe, now she sprays Raid as a perimeter defense around where she takes her shoes off a couple of times a week.

September 11th, 2012, 09:50 PM

3wggl

Man, I knew there was a good reason I'm terrified of those damn things. Hope all goes well with your recovery.

I had the same bite, recieved it also in marion county fl, this past spring, very painful, do exactly what the doc tells you, eventually it heals.

September 11th, 2012, 09:56 PM

BugDude

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Originally Posted by DaveH

Good luck!

Keep us posted.

Re: elixer -- you mean you didn't take some SWVA good stuff with you?

No, but I had plenty of it my 14 years there. You don't know how much I miss SWVA Apple Pie!!!! They just don't have anything like that down here.

September 11th, 2012, 10:01 PM

BugDude

I was on the golf course Thursday evening when I got bit...I recall something on my leg and using my other foot to scratch it. A little later I saw the small spot. The next morning it looked like a pimple. It just kept getting exponentially worse from there. I guess if I could stay in the fairway I wouldn't have to worry about bugs.

PS. I appreciate the irony in my nic "BugDude" My affinity is for Volkswagens, definitely not the other kind of bugs.

September 11th, 2012, 10:11 PM

9mmspecial

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Originally Posted by BugDude

I was on the golf course Thursday evening when I got bit...I recall something on my leg and using my other foot to scratch it. A little later I saw the small spot. The next morning it looked like a pimple. It just kept getting exponentially worse from there. I guess if I could stay in the fairway I wouldn't have to worry about bugs.

PS. I appreciate the irony in my nic "BugDude" My affinity is for Volkswagens, definitely not the other kind of bugs.

I may be prejudiced because of my buddy's mom having been bitten on the foot in her shoe but you may want to look around where you keep your golf shoes (in a dark closet or the garage?). Reason for that is, don't golf courses treat the "greens" with insecticide to keep the ants, cinch bugs, etc. in check? I am purely speculating because I do not golf. Either or, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

September 11th, 2012, 10:22 PM

BugDude

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Originally Posted by 9mmspecial

I may be prejudiced because of my buddy's mom having been bitten on the foot in her shoe but you may want to look around where you keep your golf shoes (in a dark closet or the garage?). Reason for that is, don't golf courses treat the "greens" with insecticide to keep the ants, cinch bugs, etc. in check? I am purely speculating because I do not golf. Either or, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

We were half way through the back 9 when it happened, so I doubt it came from my shoe. Still not a bad idea to check though because I keep them in the back of my truck (camper shell). My guess is it was in/on/around the golf cary and made it's way to my leg. I recall scratching at whatever it was with my other foot...figured it was a skeeter.

September 12th, 2012, 02:02 AM

Hiram25

Hope you heal quickly! Don't wait so long to get to the doctor next time.